Ichi
Ichi is a blind singer carrying only a shamisen and a walking
stick, traveling on her own to find the man who has brought her
up and cared for her as a child. People try to take advantage of
her blindness, but Ichi fights back with her unusual skill with
swords, using a sword hidden inside her walking stick. An
incident brings her to meet a wandering samurai, Toma, who tries
to save Ichi from the Banki-to gang, but ends up being saved by
Ichi. The ‘draw-and-slash’ fighting style was taught
to her by her former caregiver. Ichi agrees to travel with Toma
and comes upon the village where the Banki-to gang, led by the
heartless Banki, is taking charge. They also meet Toraji of the
Shirakawa yakuza family trying to keep order in the village.
Toma offers to help but Ichi is not interested, until she finds
that Banki might know the man she was looking for. As she grows
closer to Toma, she confesses to him that she finds no meaning
in life since she cannot see the difference between night and
day or good from evil. She stands on the border between life and
death, and her only motivation is to meet the man who she
believes to be her father before she dies. Ichi comes to the
attention of Banki, who tells her they are the same —
outsiders in life with a taste for blood. He also seems to know
the man Ichi is looking for. The wheel of fortune begins to turn
as the deadly battle between the Banki-to and the Shirakawas
begins.
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